This chapter may be cited as the Cullen Earthquake Act.
§ 751.65.Title of Act
Title 10. Actions In Particular Cases · Chapter 3.6. Cullen Earthquake Act · Enacted 1972 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 751.65 gives this chapter its short name, the Cullen Earthquake Act, the label used to refer to the boundary-reestablishment procedure set out in Sections 751.50 through 751.64.
Full Text of § 751.65
Plain-English Summary
Like § 751.01 for Chapter 3.5, this closing section supplies the short title for Chapter 3.6: the Cullen Earthquake Act. It's the name courts, practitioners, and other statutes use when referring to this chapter's distinctive procedure for reestablishing land boundaries disturbed by earthquake or other ground movement.
The name itself signals the chapter's specific focus. Despite sitting just a few sections away from Chapter 3.5's destroyed-records procedure, and despite sharing some of its mechanics through the incorporation in § 751.54, this chapter solves a different problem — physically shifted ground, not lost paperwork — and the Cullen Earthquake Act name reflects that.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the short title of this chapter?
The Cullen Earthquake Act, as § 751.65 provides.
How does this chapter differ from the Destroyed Land Records Relief Law in Chapter 3.5?
This chapter addresses land boundaries physically disturbed by earthquake or other ground movement; Chapter 3.5 addresses county records lost or destroyed by disaster, a records problem rather than a surveying problem.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 936.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 28, 2026.
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